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#!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
import argparse | |
import itertools | |
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser() | |
ap.add_argument('file', nargs='*', type=argparse.FileType('r')) | |
ap.add_argument('-p', '--pad-char', default=' ') | |
ap.add_argument('-d', '--delimiter', default=' ') | |
ap.add_argument('-c', '--pad-color', default=None) | |
ap.add_argument('-s', '--align-spec', default='') | |
args = ap.parse_args() | |
columns = [[line.rstrip('\n\r') for line in f] for f in args.file] | |
max_widths = [max(map(len, col), default=0) for col in columns] | |
pad_color_str = f'\033[{args.pad_color}m' if args.pad_color else '' | |
pad_color_reset_str = f'\033[0m' if args.pad_color else '' | |
spec = args.align_spec | |
def align_to_spec(text, width, pad, i): | |
if i >= len(spec) or spec[i] == 'l': | |
return (text + pad_color_str).ljust(width + len(pad_color_str), pad) + pad_color_reset_str | |
elif spec[i] == 'r': | |
return pad_color_str + (pad_color_reset_str + text).rjust(width + len(pad_color_reset_str), pad) | |
raise ValueError(f'invalid spec {spec[i]}') | |
for row in itertools.zip_longest(*columns, fillvalue=''): | |
formatted_row = [] | |
for i, cell in enumerate(row): | |
formatted_row.append(align_to_spec(cell, max_widths[i], args.pad_char, i)) | |
print(args.delimiter.join(formatted_row)) |
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